CryptoBG*2012
[First AnnouncementCall for Participation]
Title:[MC3D]MeetChallenges in Cryptographyand Cyber-Defense
Dates:28 July (Saturday) -5 August 2012 (Sunday)
Format:summer school -a complete intensive week of theory + practice + discussions:
series of 4-hour lectures and tutorials by international experts, workshops and seminars, round-table discussions and working groups on hot topics
Place:“National Institute of Education”, Oriahovitza, Bulgaria
Organizers:Balkanski-Panitza Institute for Advanced Studies (BPIAS):
European Software Institute Center Eastern Europe (ESI CEE):
Minu Balkanski Foundation:
[IT industry, academic partners, law-enforcement and defense authorities]
[MC3D]SUMMER SCHOOL PROFILE
To prepare the researchers and IT practitioners for the digital security and resilience of our business and e-life TOMORROW,we must foresee and develop on what will be after tomorrow.
The aim of this summer school is to Bridge the Theory with Practice by gathering world class leaders in the field with young researchers, IT security practitioners, e-business innovators, business resilience managers and cyber-defense professionals. The School inherits the interest raised by the International Symposium on Recent Developments in Cryptography and Information Security (held twice at the same place) and answers the e-competences demand for modern industry and society, aligned with the Europe 2020 Digital Agenda and aiming to support the NATO Smart Defense initiative.
The Summer School is a milestone of a longer-term joint program of the organizers (BPIAS, ESI CEE, Minu Balkanski Foundation and international partners), composed by trainings on IT and information security (form schools to universities), series of lectures and visiting speakers at the universities, IT awareness campaign for the civil society, and forming an operational Cyber-Defense Cluster.
The latest trends and state-of-the-art open problems are linked to practical aspects and case studies on use or miss-use of the information, our digital identity and trust. We want to foster forming the Bulgarian research and scientific community, serving the IT industry, all IT-enabled services (like banking, e-Health, e-Administration, industries), and the Knowledge Society in Bulgaria and the entire region.
It starts with encoding messages and providing confidential sender-receiver channel, the basis of Cryptography. Numerous mathematical methods, such as number theory, combinatorics, coding theory, complexity theory and algorithms, are applied for secure transmission of messages. Fast-growing technologies serve both the healthy and the dark side. The challenge is to construct high-complexity encodings that would still take millions of years for decoding with the most powerful supercomputer and the most efficient known attacks. Cryptography is practically everywhere, in all software or hardware system – internet, emailing, mobile devices, access control and password authentication, digital signatures, network and systems security.
Cryptography is the basis, but not a guarantee for theCyber Security and Cyber Defense – the complex area which controls the risks related to the use of various computer systems and creates computer platforms, languages and applications according to established security rules and compliances. Here we combine technologies with methodologies, organization and awareness for higher internet security, systems and mobile security, content protection, digital rights management, and more general – resilient and sustainable operations at all levels and areas.
MAIN TOPICS AND ORGANIZATION
More than ten world-class experts will deliver a complete qualification program - set of lectures and practical workshops to cover all aspects from theory to practice. The main themes will be dedicated, but not limited to:
- elliptic curve cryptography (ECC),symmetric key, lattice-based cryptography;
- efficient arithmetic and integer factorization;
- hash functions;
- blind signatures and e-voting schemes;
- secure communications;
- personal secure devices, mobile security;
- secure architectures, design aspects;
- models for prevention and resilience, compliances;
- security in the cloud;
- services – e-government, e-payment, e-democracy, e-legislation
The program will include also several discussions on hot topics like:
- Bridging theory with practice – the demands of the new digital economy and society;
- Current security challenges:
- cloud computing
- IaaS-Paas-XaaS: Everything as a service
- social networks
- mobile apps
- Cyber-crime and prevention, Cyber-law, Cyber (Smart) -defense programs;
- E-skills and competences for IT security practitioners
[The participants will also communicate their results and research topics]
The tutorials will give practical insight in several “how-to” areas:
- Secure coding, anti-hacking;
- Plan and manage organizational security and resilience;
Materials:The [MC3D]Summer School Lecture Notes will be bundled in a text book for the participants (special publication series is under consideration).
The reasonable ratio of 1:3 for theory to practice will ensure the valuable take-away for the participants, opening newresearch horizons and professional competences development.
The CryptoBG*2012 [MC3D]Summer School will establish and further support the research and development network in Bulgaria and the region of Eastern Europe and will help alignment to global trends and integration with world scientific and professional community.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The Summer School is tailored for researchers, students and professionals involved and interested in these special theoretical and practical areas. Both users and developers of applications will benefit from the program. Industry representatives will discover new opportunities for development and bridging with theory. Authorities using or supporting secure communications and information exchange are welcomed. Cyber-defense professionals and officers will gain both know-how and foresight to meet the “unknown”.
CryptoBG*2012
[Preliminary] LIST OF LECTURERS
Prof. Mladen Dimitrov, Université de Lille, France
Prof. Krassimir Manev, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria
Prof. Veselin Tzelkov, Personal Data Security Commission, Bulgaria
Dr. Nicolas Gama,Université de Versailles, France
Dr. Valérie Gauthier,Université de Caen, France
Dr. Dimitar Jetchev, EPFL, Switzerland
Dr. Yacov Yacobi, Israel (ex Microsoft Research, USA) [tbc]
Dr. George Sharkov, ESI Center Eastern Europe, Bulgaria
Dr. Benjamin Smith, INRIA, Ecole Polychechnique, France
Prof. Dimitar Birov, FMI – Sofia University, Bulgaria (School of Computer Science, CMU, USA)
Robert Seacord, Secure Coding Lead, CERT/Carnegie Mellon University, USA [invited]
LOCATION
The Summer School will take place in the conference center of the National Institute of Education in Oriahovitza, a small village near Stara Zagora. The center is equipped with conference rooms, lecture rooms and computer facilities. Located at the foot of the beautiful Sredna Gora Mountain and famous for its wineries, the village is nowadays hosting various international cultural and scientific events organized by Minu Balkanski Foundation.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Prof. Minko Balkanski, IHE, France
Dr. George Sharkov, ESI CEE, Bulgaria
Dr. Dimitar Jetchev, EPFL, Switzerland
Mariya Georgieva,Université de Caen,
INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE
You are kindly invited to participate or delegate a person from your organization:
The Registration Form is attached!!!
Participation fee: 450 EUR (covers accommodation, meals, logistics; no transport)
Application (with short CV): ASAP, not later than 15 July 2012 (extended)
Confirmation for admission: 20 July 2012
For Sponsors:Your support is highly appreciated – as co-funding, student scholarships, or in-kind - please contact us for your sponsor package!
Please address questions and confirm your interest (Registration form attached) to:
Prof. Minko Balkanski:
or
Dr. George Sharkov:(mobile: +359 888 80 84 85)
or
Organizing Committee
Updated info and downloads:
[Preliminary]PROGRAM: LECTURES, TUTORIALS, WORKSHOPS
Prof. Mladen Dimitrov, Université de Lille, France
"Introduction to elliptic curves"
Assoc. Prof. Krassimir Manev, Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria
“Hardness of algorithmic tasks – a fundamental for cryptography”
Prof. Veselin Tzelkov, Personal Data Security Commission, Bulgaria
“Models for Cryptographic Keys Distribution, Formal Model of Multilayer Cryptographic System”
Dr. Nicolas Gama, Université de Versailles, France
“Introduction of lattice based cryptography”
(GGH, NTRU, LWE, Worst-Case to Average-Case reduction)
Dr. Valérie Gauthier, Université de Caen, France
“Introduction of code based cryptography”
Dr. Dimitar Jetchev, EPFL, Switzerland
,
“Security and Cryptography in the Context of the Cloud - Practical and Theoretical Aspects”
Dr. Yacov Yacobi, Israel (ex Microsoft Research, USA)
[TBC]
Dr. George Sharkov, ESI Center Eastern Europe, Bulgaria
“From Cyber-Defense to resilient business”
[mini-tutorial on Resilience Management Model, CERT, Carnegie Mellon]
Dr. Benjamin Smith, INRIA, Ecole Polychechnique, France
“Introduction to Elliptic Curve Cryptography”
Robert C. Seacord, Head of Secure Coding Initiative at CERT (Carnegie Mellon - SEI), author of 4 books on Secure coding standards (C, C++, Java)
Mini-tutorial and Workshop on Secure Coding (on 30 & 31 July only)
Assoc. Prof. Dimitar Birov, FMI – Sofia University, Bulgaria (School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University)
“Software Architecture-Based Security”
Seminars and workshops
Mariya Georgieva, Université de Caen, France ()
Antonio Kung, Trialog, France - “Impact of Privacy-by-design on ICT”
Malika Izabachene, ENS Cachan - “Cryptography basics (introduction)”
Gabriel Gauthier-Shalom, University of Waterloo
Anja Becker, University of Versailles – “How to improve information set decoding exploiting that 1+1=0 mod 2”
Discussion “Bulgaria in NATO Smart Defense initiative”
In collaboration with NATO (Nc3A)
[participants: TBC]